Chapter 14: Trapped in Prison

A mysterious dungeon, built under a waterhole, in order to allow the water on the snow-capped mountains to wash these prisoners, and a Buddha's hand was built to consolidate this kind of divine theory, which seems to be a very effective trick in ancient feudal society.

If you want to torture people and find a high-sounding reason, it is nothing more than to make those who have not been tortured fear the perpetrator and realize their domination over the social group and the spirit. Otherwise, since the sins have been washed away, why would the beasts eat these people?

Judging from the tooth marks on the bones, there should be no other animal that can cause such marks except for the huge bat. Could it be that the ruler who built this dungeon also raised that kind of giant bat? The dungeon appeared so suddenly, and we didn't have time to confirm the reliability of our guesses, and we weren't here to archaeology anyway.

I urged Yan Qiu and said, "Don't look at it, since there is no exit, let's go out quickly, I always feel cautious here." ā€

After I finished speaking, everyone went back the same way and walked out, not very concerned about what had happened here.

The fat brother also pretended to be the ghost of the dead and chased Jiang Li to fight.

Soon we were back at the exit, and to our surprise, we didn't see the sun coming in from outside.

When we walked to the entrance of the cave, we found that the entrance had been closed, and through the mossy stone slab, we could still hear the sound of the water rushing above, and from time to time a few drops of water seeped down from the stone slab.

What can I do? We were locked up in the dungeon, and I sat down on the steps, regardless of the dampness on the floor. Don't forget to vent his anger with the fat brother: "I can't say it, wait and see, you have to say it's okay, what can I do?" We're going to be trapped alive inside. ā€

The fat brother frowned and said, "When did this door close?" Why didn't we hear a sound? Isn't there a loud noise when the door closes? ā€

Yan Qiu immediately realized the problem, she said: "I know, the gear that is running again must be the control here, when the gear turns again, the sound covers up the sound of the exit closing, let's ignore it." ā€

In fact, we should have thought a long time ago that washing away the evil is not drowning the prisoner, the whole process must be completed in a few minutes, and the reason why the entrance is not closed is because the device that controls it is stuck. But by the time we saw the words on the floor in the cell, it was too late, and we couldn't get out at all.

The fat brother also relieved everyone: "It's okay, let's wait inside for a while, the door will open after a while, the flushing is repeated, not just one flush." ā€

I glared at the fat brother and said, "Don't pretend to be big and understand, what if people rush once in ten years?" Or is it like some sacrificial ceremony, once a year? Even once a month, once a week, we can't stand it. ā€

Although I said this, I still hoped in my heart that the prisoners in the prison were so guilty that we would be able to get out if we rushed once an hour.

After waiting for a long time, the cold water in the pool had not yet come down, so Su Rina poured a basin of cold water on us, and said, "How many tons of water are in this pool, right?" If the door opens all at once, can we withstand the impact? Even if we can withstand it, can we go up against the water? ā€

Her question is very critical, and we must think about countermeasures immediately, otherwise even if the door opens, we will not be able to get out with full certainty.

The fat brother gave Jian yƬ, and he said: "I have a way, I and Zhan Xiao will wait inside, you three girls are at the door, looking for something to grasp." When the water comes down, you shout inside, and we will put the cogs against them with stones. Remember, you must hold on to it, if it is washed down by the water, there will be iron everywhere, and you will have to break it. ā€

That's all I can do, and the fat guy and I went into the dungeon with torches and stood by the gear and waited.

The three girls waited at the exit with flashlights, and once the door opened, we had to be quick to stop the gears from turning.

I waited with the fat brother at the gear for a while, and I was a little anxious, the gear was quiet and motionless, but my heart was like a fire. I tried several times to push the gears with my own power, but no matter how hard I tried, it still didn't work, and the gears didn't move.

The fat brother looked room by room, trying to find other clues, but after looking for a long time, he found nothing, and the results were the same, and there were white bones in every cage.

When I was bored, I suddenly heard the sound of rubble rubbing on the wall, and I hurriedly stopped the fat brother who was humming a song and said, "Listen, what is the sound in the crack in the wall?" ā€

After hearing this, the fat brother immediately said in horror: "Won't we be surrounded by water?" This dungeon can't stand the pressure, it's going to collapse, and we're going to be drowned. ā€

I pricked up my ears again and leaned on the wall to listen carefully, and the sound became louder and louder, as if it was coming from all directions, and I couldn't tell what the sound was.

As I listened intently, a few pieces of rubble suddenly fell out of a brick seal at my feet, and a small black mouse came out of it.

The rats here are a bit special, their tails are shorter than the average mouse's, their coats are pure black, and their eyes glow red in the dark.

As soon as the little mouse came out, he looked around, looking very dumbfounded.

I kicked the rat aside, and said to the fat brother: "Alarmist, the sound of the rat in the wall is obviously the sound of the rat, and the water pressure is still collapsing, you think too much." ā€

The fat guy smiled and said, "I'm not looking at you boring?" I'll give you some high-tech bridges to relieve your boredom. ā€

As he spoke, a few rats came out again, this time a little many, about seven or eight.

I quickly ducked to the side to avoid contact with the rats, although I am not afraid of mice, but I still have no good feelings for this animal, I feel that rats are always associated with unhygiene, even disease.

I hid on the side, but in the crack in the wall on my side, a few more came out. I was no longer disgusted at this moment, and I immediately became alert and stared at the wall.

Sure enough, there were more and more rats, all of which were coming out of the cracks in the walls, not only close to the ground, but also in the walls of the roofs.

Now I know that the tooth marks on the bones were originally bitten by these rats, and now we have fallen into a huge nest of rats, and these rats have eaten people.

I don't care about any gears, if there are more mice, it will kill people, I pulled the fat brother and ran out quickly, wanting to stay away from here, by the way, remind the three girls that Yan Qiu is very afraid of mice.

After a while, the rats realized that we were in a good position, and because I had a torch in my hand, the rats kept a certain distance from us, but it was obvious that the rats had taken us as targets, and were following us in a circle, and the rats were still drilling out of the wall.

We quickened our pace and ran to the top of the stairs.

The three girls didn't know what was going on, and the three of them were holding each other's hands, ready to meet the impact of the water outside.

Su Rina asked, "You two are not waiting inside, what are you running out for?" Bored, or is the fat guy hungry again? ā€

I don't know how to explain the current situation, and I'm afraid to scare them anyway. I stumbled and said, "Inside, inside, there seem to be rats inside." ā€

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Oh, I thought that Sister Yanqiu was afraid of mice, and you two old men were also afraid?" If it really doesn't work, let's change, you two are guarding the door. ā€

I was a little anxious by Jiang Li's words, and hurriedly explained: "It's not what you think, you can see for yourself." ā€

As I spoke, I turned around with my torch in hand, ready to take them inside to see what was going on, and maybe there was nowhere to put their feet now.

When I turned around, the firelight lit up the stairs behind me, and everyone gasped.

Just this time of talking, the stairs that I walked back with the fat brother were actually full of mice, and the number of rats was indescribable, and on the nearest step, it had already fallen two or three floors.

Like a black carpet, the rats occupy all the places we can see.

The three girls didn't have time to make any more jokes about us, so they just hugged each other and hid behind us.

I stretched the torch as far forward as I could, but fortunately the rats were afraid of fire, and where the torches passed, the rats scattered and fled, and then reunited on the other side, and I started a roundabout struggle with the rats like an eagle catching a chicken.

It's not dangerous at the moment, but I know we won't be able to hold out for long, in other words, the rats won't be able to wait long.

The rats at the head of the row, with very hideous expressions, pouted their mouths, showing two long front teeth on each side, staring at blood-red eyes, like hungry mad dogs, eager to try, may take the lead in pounce on us at any time, even if we have three heads and six arms, we will be caught off guard. R1058